It has been interesting to read the different viewpoints in this discussion. What is BIZARRE however, is the response of some people to things that I never said and points that I never made. Here is
Indeed, it has been interesting to read the different viewpoints. Now, I'll present THE SOLUTION to this problem. It came to me on Monday morning, 21 February, while perusing the ARRL DX scores on 38
sarcasm) There is nothing wrong being on the Wrong Coast :-) Nobody mentioned NAFTA? EU would love added XE mults. 73 de Mario, S56A _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
Don't worry Mario. Even though we are in the same MULT category with Stateside, we still have to pay customs duty and tax when buying from the U.S. 73 Yuri VE3DZ ____________________________________
Bob's suggestion below is excellent and, in my opinion, is exactly what the ARRL rules call for. Amazing!! His suggestion points out that the real problem is reporting the results in ways not recogni
I actually would like to see yet another category: I don't like staying up all night fighting 80 and 40. Would like to see an upper band section. At this stage of the cycle, 15 and even 10 open for a
Winding the clock back again.......ARRL DX Test offered High Band and Low Band entry classes back, what, 30+ yrs ago? 73, Bob K8IA Arizona USA _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
At one point the ARRL DX had a high band (20 to 10) and a low band (160, 80, 40) category. Dave K4JRB up At gets _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@con
Well, here's an idea. How about a three-band category. Submit scores for any three bands of your choosing. Pick the best bands according to propagation. That way, you're not locked into 10-20 if they
Bob, I think you'll have a better chance competing against a VY2 in the ARRL SSB DX during the sunspot maximum. In the mean time, plan on buliding a bigger station. This is another way to catch up. I
I don't know that I favor a three band category for ARRL DX Contests. I like to encourage operating even on marginal bands, so I would probably prefer only an all band category. An all band or a sing
In a message dated 4/11/05 9:35:31 PM Greenwich Standard Time, k4bai@worldnet.att.net writes: However, the SP DX Contest, run the first weekend in April each year, implemented for the first time this
What happened to being content with participating and reaching personal goals? This reminds me of sad youth sports situation when everyone gets a trophy. I'm opposed to watering awards down. The cate
I've added SO3B as a category to choose for the SP DX Contest 3830 web form. If any others who have already posted their SP DX score rumor want their class changed to SO3B, please send me an e-mail.
Bruce's comment gave me a bright idea (or, at least I thought it was bright). The real payoff for me in any contest is to look at the 3830 results on Monday morning to see how I did compared to every
Along the same lines, why not show the ARRL Section as part of the entry for ARRL Contests and Zone number for CQWWDX. Gives you a better idea of how you stacked up against others in your same sectio